Speedplay
Frog Pedal
Pedal

Product Description

Speedplay Frog Chrome-Moly Pedal: Not just a great off-road pedal system, Speedplay Frog pedals are ideal for road riders who prefer a recessed, walkable cleat. Like their amphibious namesake, Frog pedals are equally at home in dry or muddy terrain.

Weaknesses: Cleats: they Last years but when they fail- they're done. Gotta get new ones. Last item, to get out is only a one way venture. Rotate heels outward. Got caught on a scrub tree once, between the crank and the frame, getting out was comical.

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I have had my chromoly Frogs since the late 90's (leave the old thing out of it) they've gone through four separate bikes with me and taken a beating without ever a whimper. I like to ride hard, bash through rock gardens, not afraid to launch... these babies can take it. Muddy or dusty, makes no difference. Keep them greased up and you'll not regret them. The amount of float is amazing, you won't feel "locked in" with these float is exactly that- FLOAT!! No stress on the knees. To exit simply rotate heels outward, had only one questionable moment, one time when I managed to get hung up on a small scrub oak. It was trapped between the crank arm and the frame. In this position I couldn't rotate my heel outward as the tree was against the inside of the toe box on my Sidi. Had to back uphill until I got free- had to laugh, gravity is a beaytch!! Other thing, the cleats, they use a hinge-like ramp to engage. This is held in by a plastic an siliconized base. When this little baby is worn it will fail, usually just falls off. Mind you in all my years I've only gone through 3 sets of cleats (on the third now). Both previous sets failed suddenly, without warning but took years of torture and blissful abuse before this occurred. Despite these two small details I would take these pedals any day of the week, season of the year, wet or dry, dusty or muddy- ANYDAY!

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Submitted by
Darcy
a Weekend Warrior

Date Reviewed: June 1, 2013

Strengths: Good float / easy out

Weaknesses: Don't know any

Bottom Line:

Hard to find this pedal but worth the hunt

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Submitted by
turbocarr
a All Mountain Rider

Date Reviewed: October 17, 2012

Strengths: Light, float, simplicity in design, funtionality, low seal drag, easy in and out, made in the U.S.A.

Weaknesses: Hmmm, none that I can think of at this time.

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Been using Time ATAC Aluminum for over 10 years on my old 99 FSR. They were worn out! Lot's of play and movement. Never liked Shimano pedals. Too restrictive for me. Picked up a new EPIC several months ago so I decided to upgrade to the ATAC carbon's. Although they worked much better than my old ATAC's, they still felt like.....mountain bike pedals. That is, a bit clunky ("Unrefined") compared to road bike pedals. My biggest complained with mtb pedals, including SPD and ATAC's, is the play or movement I get when out of the saddle pedaling. I'm a 180 sprinter dude, so I'm cranking out some watts. The ATAC's do make noise when under load too, grinding up hill puts those springs to the test. The large platform contributes to the grinding or squeeking with the bottom of the contact points of the sole of the shoes. Although I'm been more of a roadie, I'm fast becoming more of a mountain bikder since purchasing the Epic. I've used Speedplay Zero's) on the road bike for 20+ years. Just purchased a set of Frog Ti pedals and I love them! Very precise operation. No movement, grinding, clicking or squeeking when under load or out of the saddle. The Frogs spin more freely too, with little drag from the o-rings, while the ATAC's have lots of drag due to the tight seals. Out with ATAC's and in with the Frog's. Much more of a road bike pedal feel with an even easier in and out. It's just too bad I didn't switch to Frog's years ago.

Strengths: Last forever even w/ only yearly grease jobs. use them on road and mtb. racing MTb for 12 yrs. peddals eventually get play in them, but no failures. The float feels good. comes out fast in crashes. don't get stuck to the bike during endos as with others i tried. they work well in mud.

Weaknesses: had to cut sole on some shoes to fit cleats.

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the old cleats were adjustable. as they wore after a couple of years you could turn the retainer pins to expose fresh round shaft and-tight again. can also add new rubber under cleat to restore firm clip-in. just bought new bearings from bearing supply. $12 rebuild/set for my old peddals.

Strengths: I love these pedals! The push off foot is a little harder to get clipped in initially but once you get going and let gravity help, they clip in fine. I found when putting pressure on the other foot when pedaling clips me in. I do climbing on regular basis and have not had any issues with slower speeds going uphill and staying clipped in. Clipping out is also a breeze. No knee problems at all!

Weaknesses: Haven't found any!

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All in all, in spite of the price, these are great pedals. I will probably only use these from now on.

Weaknesses: Have to use with shoes that has enough rubber thickness.
Can't say price 'cause I have them for so long but yeah , cleats are expensive though and I like to change them every two years.

Perfect for extra snow/mud , the fact that it clip while moving forward pushes the mud in the back and doesn't "compress" it like "push on it" systems.

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I have those since they came out ( 10 years ? ) put grease every once in a while , that's it. Never had to change the bearings yet.
Can't conceive going to other brand wich feels so "locked in"
Have to get used to the "feet on ice" feeling but once you get it , you dig it.

If setup correctly , you never disengage alone like others mentioned , they didn't installed their cleats correctly.

Strengths: None that I can think of. I mean, for Christ's sake, the casing is made of plastic.

Weaknesses: Where do I even begin... Cleats would not stay engaged. Just yesterday I went on a slow ride with a buddy of mine, I must have came unclipped several dozen times. The worst is while trying to get uphill when your shoe comes unclipped. It's just about enough to make you lose control, not to mention losing forward momentum...by that point you're pretty much forced to dismount and walk the rest of the way up the hill.

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Goin' back to Shimano. Should've just upgraded to some XTRs instead of wasting money on this garbage.

Weaknesses: Not very durable, a cleat ripped off with just three months use. Also the clip in is problematic and not positve. I use speedplays on my road bike and like them. Used three years before having to replace bearings. I think these pedals were released to production prematurely. Just spent $40.00 + shipping for new housing with cleat. These things may be O.K. for fire road cruising however they are not up to the task for technical mountain bike riding or racing.

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Speed play needs to go back to the drawing board with these things. Maybe engineer a fix and make available new cleats and pedal housings at minimal cost to people who paid good money for a terribly flawed product.

Strengths: Super simple and effective design. Clip in and out is effortless, but holds secure when engaged. Float is awesome.

Weaknesses: Cleats do wear, but cleaning and waxing helps minimize.

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Have used Frogs for a few years now, and use them on all my bikes off-road and on. Having the float is excellent. Gives you that much more freedom to move in the cockpit. Simple cleating system gives you confidence to get in and out in a flash. Have never popped out accidentally. Scratching my head at some of the others comments about fore-aft movement or popping out when pushing forward -- the cleats engage by pushing forward... Seem durable enough to me, and I like riding rock gardens and babyheads. Wish Speedplay would give them some attention as I'm sure the could be tweaked for the better (have some ideas). Wicked pedal.

Strengths: Knee friendly unlike most other pedals.
Easy in, easy out. Nothing in-between.
Easy maintenance. Grease every few months, more often if you ride more than I do.
Cleats are walk able and last a long time.

Weaknesses: If you do not consider that they are expensive: NONE!

Bottom Line:

Best pedals I have ever used.
I do not agree that it is difficult to know if you are clipped in or not, the only thing with these pedals that is different than many other (and far inferior pedals) is adjusting the cleat.
And that is not even difficult.
Screw on the cleats, do not tighten, put your shoes on the pedals, turn the shoe so much inward that it almost touches the crank arm, tighten the screws and you are ready to use the most knee friendly pedals I have ever tried.
Shimano, Crank Brothers, are not knee friendly at all, Time is a little bit knee friendly.
The frogs have one problem only and that is the price of them.
If you have knee problem, try them and after getting used to the wonderful free feeling in them you will like me probably never use other pedals.

I am now having the second pair of these pedals (first were stolen with my old Scott Strike Carbon) and if these are worn out before I am my next pair will be a - pair of Speedplay Frogs

Weaknesses: Cleat wears a little faster than I would like; probably should be cheaper

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I am mystified by the people who claim these break constantly and easily. I have 3 sets on my mtn bike, road bike and tandem. My wife has 2 sets. I ride the mtn bike about 75 days a year. I finally had a pedal break the other day after many years of constant use. I had just been thinking that I really ought to replace them as I had not idea how old they were. I'm guessing 7 or 8 years.

I also have no trouble with entry/exit. 6 months in Eugene means I ride often in mud. 6 months in Tucson means I ride often in sand.

Lastly, I suppose it is personal preference, but I don't understand people who don't like float. I find the feeling of my foot being forced to a center to very annoying. Each to his own though.

The release takes getting used to. Without the correct movement you WILL NOT come out. With the correct movement you come out effortlessly. This means until it is second nature you will have FDGB problems in panic releases.

Ok, rode spd's forever, built up a new ride lightweight put frogs, could not get used to the no spring retention, a slight ankle jerk and your out, would NOT give up because I spent a small fortune on them, "give um time" well its been 2 plus years...THEY S##K, Santa's bringing me new pedals!

The stuff rocks if your a weight junkie. The less I carry and the lighter my bike is makes a big difference on a long, hot day on the rocks. The Speedplay Frog Ti pedals are light and fast to get into but just in case you need to bail they are lightning fast to get out of. The only downside are the shoe cleats. We bike MOAB and the rocks are tough on them. But its a small price to pay when you play hard and if your used to paying the price for Ti play harder.

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I am just posting because I recently switched from Candies to Frogs. I did this kinda randomly when I was on vacation in Northern Michigan. One of my candies froze out and was unrepairable. I went to whatever bike store I could find and they had some Frogs. I figured, I was on vacation and I had ... Read More »